Federal Aviation Administration chief Bryan Bedford told senators Wednesday that around 500 air traffic controller trainees left during the 43-day government shutdown.
“We lost, I don’t know, 400 to 500 of our trainees that just sort of gave up during the lapse,” Bedford said to a Senate aviation subcommittee during a hearing.
Bedford said the FAA was able to find some money to keep the training academy in Oklahoma City open during the shutdown, but many potential air traffic controllers still chose to leave.
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